Portia de Rossi Quotes

Besides, I have a sister who's straight. And I want her to know that I love her and support her.

If my kid came to me and said 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'Son, I love you.'

No matter what, if my son was gay, I'd treat him like a king.

If my kids came to me and said, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'Son, I love you.' That's never at stake. Never, never, never at stake.

It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress.

I was lucky to grow up in a family where your parents loved you no matter what you were or what you came out as, and a lot of kids don't have that ride.

I don't have kids, but in the future, if I ever do, I would want my child to be happy no matter what: gay, lesbian, bi - whatever. To see a smile on my child's face would be the only thing that would matter and keep my blood pumping.

If one of my daughters happened to be [gay], of course I would love them and I would accept them. That's what we're taught when we have strong faith.

As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.

I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.

They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever.

I'm in a real minority as far as having really supportive parents in regards to the arts. They never batted an eye as far as not letting me do that stuff. That's invaluable. I can't believe how unabashedly supportive they were about everything, between music and acting.

There are many things that people do happily that I can't imagine why they would do it... But I have to say that even though I am critical or judgmental of society at large, I'm not critical of people individually. We are who we are.

Love is something in the heart and in the mind, so why would you chastise anyone for that? And this is something that I feel very strongly about.

I can love people of every gender identity and expression. It is the soul that captivates me.

It makes no difference to my family where one comes from as long as we make each other happy. They are pretty cool like that.

Love is love. Let's take it any way we can get it.

My family knew that they loved me, and whatever this 'I want to be a girl' business was, it certainly wasn't about to change that.

We have a non-traditional family, and if it makes people uncomfortable, it's a shame that they are not more open.

I just want people to be able to put on 'American Boyfriend' and accept to not know. To not know anything about everything.

Even if I told my mom I wanted to be a clown or live in the forest, she would be down.

I always tell the parents, 'You don't have to approve of your children; you just have to accept them for who they are.'

I love everybody.

I had the benefit of there being no stigma attached to the arts. My brother's a ballet dancer, and he never came up against anything.

The cutest part is that both my grandparents have tried to adapt to my dream. When I sat them down and showed them a film that I did - with an intimate scene in it - I was surprised that their reaction wasn't dramatic. My grandmother even came to me to ask, 'How do you do it?'